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coup for the fifth time beating juventus 3-1 in berlin. european warships rescued for man 3,500 off the coast of libya. 15 operations have been carried out. vessels from the british royal navy irish italian and irish navy's have been involved. they have been taken to italian ports we have this report from lampedusa. >> reporter: search and rescue operations carried out are over.

the migrants were found in nine different wooden fishing boats. in those you have people below deck and next to the engine, and more in six different rubber dinghies, and they are the ones more at risk of capsizing or drowning. now, they are brought back to southern italy. about 100 migrants arrived in lampedusa earlier. and more to the ports in sicily and we don't know where the rest will arrive. it's a logistical nightmare for the italian authorities. many end up in mainland italy. some more ships are heading to the area of the southern mediterranean, an area that is under e.u. mission called the triton mission. they are heading there because they could very well be more rescue operations in the hours or days to come. it's usually on weekends that there's an uptake in the number of boats leaving the coast.

when i was in libya i was told it's because when the libyan weekend starts on thursday, to sunday morning, there's less people on the streets, it's easier for the traffickers to transport a large number of migrants to the empty beaches from where they leave from. if we compare the numbers of this year to last year at this time, there's an increase of 30% of migrants. there's an estimated 1 million waiting in libya to make the crossing. these arrivals are an indication that it could be a busy summer for the ships patrolling the mediterranean to other news and people in turkey will be heading to the polls this morning in a vote seen as a performance test for the ruling ak party. turkish's constitution requires the president to be above politics, recep tayyip erdogan has been campaigning hard for

the ruling party. a large majority would allow recep tayyip erdogan to change the constitution and transfer the prime minister's powers to the president. the candidates represent 20 parties in the general election, 56.6 million are eligible to vote. 5% are outside of turkey. choosing candidates for the 550 available seats in parliament. we have this update from istanbul. >> reporter: this is a crucial election not just for the justice and development party, but the entire nation. at the heart of the election is the issue of changing the constitution, the ruling development and justice party declared an intention of changing turkey's parliamentary democracy into an executive presidency, in order to do that they need to win 330 seats in the 550 parliament. if they get that number, they'll be able to call for a referendum

for the people to vote and choose if they approve the new constitution, if they won two-thirds of those seats in parliament, then they'll be able to change the constitution right away. now, if that happens, the opposition says turkey is shifting towards a dictatorship. the ruling ak party argues that the current constitution was written under a military coup in 1982, and turkey deserves a better civilian constitution in modern turkey. >> a professor of political science in istanbul says that polls show that turks are not in favour of a system where there are no checks or balances on the president. >> well, i mean, all the opinion polls so far have indicated that turks don't like this vladimir putin like presidential system

with no checks or balances. it the be difficult for recep tayyip erdogan to realise his dream >> reporter: there reports of air strikes in tiaz. al jazeera learnt 17 houthis have been killed in violence in the southern port city of aden. the rebels have been fighting against forces loyal to yemeni president abd-rabbu mansour hadi yemeni foreign minister says the war on the ground will determine negotiations with the houthi rebels. >> translation: the talks will be a lodge mate government and the ones that attended the conference and the houthis and their allies. the latest developments on the ground will dictate dialogue with the houthis and their allies and what is going on in aiden and tiaz and the borders of saudi arabia. we don't have any convictions except consultations will take place with national dialogue

to mexico - 40,000 security have been deployed to the southern states. there has been clashes with protesters who vow to disrupt the vote. adam raney reports n what is at stake for the president. president peno nieto won office promising to reform mexico and usher in age age of prosperity and security. so far people have not seen either. poverty is deep rooted. massacres involving security and corruption made pena nieto the most unpopulated president in 20 years. >> this is the first time independent candidates could run.

it could show traditional parties have lost control. >> if the electorate sends a message it would do wonders for the economy. >> mexico has success stories. rich and industrial states business is good. plants pump out product for export, main to the united states. >> reporter: this has been one of the main economic engines in mexico. business leaders here say the county never reached its full potential. it's hoped that consensus can be reached. this factory owner says reforms are not just enough. >> we need to make sure big structure reforms become value. and we need to make sure we implement them, and create value out of the reform. it's not enough to just change the law. but how has the law been

implemented. >> it points to the ruling p.r. i party and allies winning the most seats in congress. if the independent group beats the candidate for governing, it could lead to a weakening of the president's election. these elections will not decide whether pena nieto stays or falls, but will give pointers in what we can expectation for the second half of the term. >> in campaigning his predictively not been without violence. several candidates have been killed. dozens attacked, and there's a movement led by ballot burning teachers calling for a boycott of elections, if the government is unable to hold the election in parts of the country it will be seen as a failure, a failure that peno nieto and his party can do without meanwhile, residents of mexico's baha california peninsula are boarding up businesses and

stocking up on fuel in preparation for hurricane bianca. thousands of troops have been but on alert in anticipation of a category 3 storm, expected to make land fall by monday. authorities warn outer bands could start to hit within hours activists in brazil have taken to the streets of rio de janeiro to protest against sewerage and trash-filled beaches. and accuse authorities of failing to clean the city's waterways ahead of the olympic games. >> barcelona are the european football champions after beating juventus in the champion's league finals in berlin. thousands of people have been celebrating the victory on the streets of barcelona and spain. and their team beat juventus 3-1 at the olympic stadium. ahead - the crisis in

ukraine tops the agenda for leaders at the g7 summit in germany, which russia was not invited to combat is no longer a man's world. a gender education programme put in place in the u.s. military.

good to have you with us i'm elizabeth puranam in doha. these are the top stories on al jazeera. 15 rescue operations have been carried out in the mediterranean sea in the past 24 hours.

3, 4 houpz migrants have been saved after making the dangerous journey to enter europe. voters in turkey will go to the polls on sunday. the parliamentary vote is seen as a performance test for the ruling ak party. a large majority will allow recep tayyip erdogan to change the constitution transferring the prime minister's powers to the president barcelona are the european football champions, beating juventus in the final in berlin. thousands celebrated the victory on the streets of barcelona, in spain u.s. president obama landed in bavaria for the g7 summit where he's said to try to repair american-german relations, obama and merkel will be joined by leaders of the richest countries to discuss the rise of i.s.i.l. climate change and conflict in eastern ukraine. russia will not attend talks since being excluded after the

annexation of ukraine last year. nestled in the mountains, the g7 will discuss many flashpoint. fighting intensified near donetsk. it's the second summit that russia has been excluded. the g7 says makes the g7 says russia's role in ukraine makes a meaningful discussion untenable. one says excluding russia is an error. >> the situation is getting from bad to worse. it's dangerous. russians seem to have started these days a new serious offensive, and i mean the

russians, it's not the donetsk people, the wild men with cossack uniforms. nothing would happen there without the pushing of the kremlin. >> reporter: the continuing threat of the islamic state is high on the g7 agenda. the group advanced further into iraq in recent months. the u.s. president obama is hoping to hold a series of bilateral meetings about i.s.i.l. on the fringes of the summit. >> there's no joint strategy to deal with i.s.i.l., apart from a military campaign. that may be right or wrong. politically, what strategy do we have for syria? >> reporter: as host of the g7 summit german chancellor angela merkel is hoping to find agreement with other leaders on issues like ebola and climate change. some say it represents a missed opportunity. >> we have an opportunity for

to get to zero on preventable deaths for children and zero on hunger. it's a possibility. it's not just a pipe dream. >> g7 leaders can be catalytic, they can start the progress. that's what we are hoping to see. then there are thousands hoping to disrupt the ceremony. these people came from across jeremy to demonstrate opposition. some were involved in scuffles with police as the march progressed. the authorities put on a show of force, with the hope that the agreement on issues is what it is remembered for russia's president insists that his country is not a threat to n.a.t.o. comments come as the baltic countries prepare to ask for a

permanent presence of n.a.t.o. troops as a deterrence. n.a.t.o. says russia is backing rebes in ukraine. moscow still denies. >> only an insane person, and only in a dream could imagine that russia could suddenly attack n.a.t.o. people are speculating on fear with regard to russia pro-russian forces held funerals for fellow fighters killed after a fierce battle. family members gathered to pay respects. this week has been the deadliest in the region since a ceasefire in february. a palestinian group says it carried out a rocket attack on the israeli city of ashkelon. the israeli military said it landed in an open area. the israeli air force said it struck a target in the northern

gaza strip in response. >> most investigations in relation to palestinian violence does not result in conviction. disordering to a human rights group, because police failed to investigate claims. we have this report from the occupied west bank. >> reporter: this man says he lives in agony, a year ago he was attacked by israeli settlers, not far from his home. i'm shown the x-rays after he received surgery for the 14 fractures to his leg, and two to his arm. >> translation: i was harvesting olives when around 20 martyr settlers began to throw stones. i tried to run away. i fell six beat me with a rod. israeli soldiers saw everything, and beat me.

no one saw nothing. >> according to human rights groups 89% of police investigations are closed because israeli investigators failed to find suspects or enough evidence to lay charges. of cases investigated only 7% ever lead to an indictment and only around a third of those lead to a full or partial conviction. conviction. >> reporter: this woman is with the organization behind the research and says the reason crimes against palestinian citizens routinely go unpunished is some senior security officials appear to condone it. >> it starts from above. there's no will by some commanders to see the perpetrators as outlaws that should be punished. there are those that believe the motivation serves the country by expanding israel's control over territory. >> settler violence against

palestinians in the occupied west bank is well documented. according to the office for coordination of humanitarian affairs, in 2014 there were 399 assaults. al jazeera requested an interview with israeli police officials to comments on the findings. report. they declined. >> this man is not surprised police officials are unwilling to talk about the fact settlers are rarely punished for attacking palestinians or the frequency with which violence occurs. after a year of constant pain he is certain his attackers will never be brought to justice. now, one of the main opposition leaders in burundi called on the president to it's arm government-linked militia, and allow independent media to resume operations. there has been protests against the president in parts of the capital since april. pierre nkurunziza is seeking a third term in head office.

ongoing violence plunged the nation into its worse crisis since the civil war ended in 2005. >> once you are in the race there is no run, there's no democratic election. our constitution will be thrown away. once we have violated the constitution, which other law will apply? that's the problem. so i think pierre nkurunziza and his party do not analyse the situation. they are going as tray and they don't want to be advised. >> reporter: a fifth person tied from m.e.r.s. in south korea. and there are 14 new cases of the virus, bringing the number of people infect since mid-may to 64, when a man with the virus

travel home from saudi arabia. caroline malopen reports. >> reporter: the outbreak in south korea is the largest outside the middle east. people are worried, many are wearing masks. >> translation: we should not go near patients where m.e.r.s. patients have been, isn't the virus airborne and isn't it contractible with contact. >> reporter: there's no evidence it can be transferred through the air, but can be transmit by droplets if someone sneezes or touch a surface with infected hands. a man in saudi arabia was diagnosed on may 20th. >> translation: i urge citizens >> translation: i urge citizens to cooperate with the government to prevent further spread of m.e.r.s. by watching their hands and minding coughing. >> reporter: m.e.r.s. can cause a fever, diorrhea, and in the worst cases kidney failure. 1800 have been quarantined in south korea.

the government has closed hundreds of schools have been closed as a precaution. the first m.e.r.s. cases were diagnosed in saudi arabia in 2012, 900 have been infected there. the virus was traced back to people in jordan, but is thought to have come from bats and cam -- camels. it's appeared across the middle east. including the united arab emirates and qatar, small numbers in europe. the world health organisation says that there's no evidence that the disease can spread teen -- easily between people, but it is sending a team of experts to south korea to stop the outbreak from spreading to hong kong. a study found 60% of young people show signs of depression. the subject is so taboo psychologists have found a new way to approach the problem. rob mcbride reports. >> having suffered as a

teenager, this counsellor is well equipped to deal with others problems. part is a failure to talk about it. . >> no one is talking about it. the schools things if we talk about it, schools think it indicates they have a problem, so they'd rather not talk about it. if they do, they never use the words suicide or depression. with her partner she's developing a computer game that aims to help. in this desert island adventure, young people who are at risk can be identified by the choices they make. . >> it's a taboo topic in many places so we thought if we approach it not from a clinical perspective, from a game, that it's fun and engaging it opens up a dialogue with schools. pressure to excel academically in a highly competitive city starts as soon as people put on their uniform.

suicide rates among the young are no higher than elsewhere, they have been on the rise. a study found up to 60% of students surveyed showed signs of depression. >> if young do not face enough stress, there's the political dimension of life in hong kong. last year's occupy street protest demanding democracy was a source of upheaval. demonstrators may have left the streets, but the sense of political uncertainty persists. >> reporter: according to some, the protests provided a relief, the failure added to a sense of despair. >> when people see the hope that will help them put up to the stress, because they have a hopeful future. they have the motivation to live on, continue. >> there may be causes for depression and anxiety, but innovative ways of dealing with

them are being developed by the same young people. now, tens of thousands of people took part in an anti-austerity march in lisbon. portugal holding elections. the first elections since a post-bailout period. portugal asked for a bailout in 2011 to avoid bankruptcy. >> the united states marine core put a woman to the test to determine readiness for frontline combat. all branches under orders to open up units currently restricted to men by the end of this year. kristen saloomey visited the war training center to see how the women are measuring up. >> reporter: it's a long way to the top. scaling a rock cliff is all in a day's work to this 22-year-old corporal. she is part of the marine ground

combat unit integrated task for, an experiment in gender fibbing aches. many and women training side by side in roles never opened to women. >> exciting. thrilling. >> reporter: she admits it has not been easy. >> the hardest part had to be showing up to a unit that this never seen military or worked with one. that was a struggle. >> then there's the heavy gear. we had over 100 pounds. carrying the body weight every other day. they were here carrying those every other day. >> for eight months the marines are training in a gruelling environment. the desert the ocean and the mountains. >> breathing can be hard. it's a basic task it's more

difficult. on every march heart monitors record data. after marines are asked to record how they are feeling. the information collected will be used to select gender nut ran standards. >> we found looking through niece that all the marines are capable of performing the task. we are trying to ascertain to what level. we see what type of person thrives in this environment. and what do they look like from a physical stand point. what is their height their weight their lean body mass. harder to measure is the impact of women on what the military refers to as unit cohesion. in this group they have urged a grudging report. >> when the going gets tough, someone over the shoulder may be smaller. results of testing may be presented to the cam andant of the marines.

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